World Weaving – Tufting, Weaving & Embroidery for Everyone
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| 9 EUR / reduced 0 EUR |
| Children und Teenager under 18 years: free admission |
| WELTSTUDIO and Lounge in BERLIN GLOBAL, 1st floor |
| German, No language skills required |
| Belongs to: BERLIN GLOBAL |
WORLD WEAVING celebrates its fourth year! In the WELTSTUDIO and in the lounge at BERLIN GLOBAL, everyone is once again invited to try out a wide variety of crafts. Weaving on small and large looms, knitting, embroidery, spinning wool and even tufting – there are no limits to your imagination. Our facilitators will help you bring your own ideas to life, and both beginners and experienced makers will find plenty to enjoy.
Programme
WELTSTUDIO (11 am – 5 pm)
Tufting with artist Luisa Walther
Dive into the world of tufting! Using a tufting gun, anyone who feels like it can work colourful wool threads into a fabric. Step by step, a vibrant, textured textile artwork emerges. Artist Luisa Walther demonstrates this exciting technique and invites you to bring your own ideas to life.
Collective Embroidery
“Kollektiv Sticken” invites you to take part in creating an embroidery piece. Inspired by current themes and stories, a constantly growing collective artwork takes shape on a large piece of fabric.
World Weaving
In the WELTSTUDIO, you’ll find a huge loom – the “Thread Cartograph” – where visitors can weave a carpet together. Discover weaving on small and large frames and create your own small woven pieces to take home.
Spinning Wool
How is wool actually made? Using hand spindles, we spin wool – with live speakers to guide you. You’ll learn fascinating facts about the history of textiles and how wool can be dyed naturally.
Lounge (1 pm – 4 pm)
In the lounge next to the WELTSTUDIO, young and old can sink into cosy cushions and, from 1 to 4 pm, enjoy short stories and the sounds of the handpan – all while knitting and weaving together.
Participants
“Kollektiv Sticken” embroiders in public spaces. At lively locations, their actions create spaces for encounters and bring together people from all walks of life around one table.
Artist and social worker Luisa Walther lives and works in Berlin. Her interdisciplinary practice combines textile art, painting and video, engaging with social, cultural and feminist themes. Residencies in Bologna and New York deepened her textile knowledge and shaped her participatory approach. She is fascinated by textiles as silent witnesses to women’s stories and as a medium that conveys expression, memory, resistance, pride and identity.